The Heidelblog was born in 2006–07 during the self-described, so-called Federal Vision controversy. Recently I had a conversation with a young man who was not born when that controversy began, before it was it called “the Federal Vision” controversy. Before that it was known as the “Shepherd Controversy,” after the controversial and profoundly corrupt teaching of the Rev. Mr. Norman Shepherd, a former professor in a couple of Reformed and Presbyterian seminaries and minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Christian Reformed Church. These resources are intended as a guide to the issues and to the conclusions about the Federal Vision theology reached by many of the orthodox, confessional Presbyterian and Reformed denominations represented by NAPARC (North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Ecclesiastical Reports and Actions
- Seminary Statements On The Federal Vision Theology
- Books and Pamphlets
- Essays
- Lectures, Podcasts, Interviews
- Quotations
- FV Events and History
1. Ecclesiastical Reports and Actions
- The URCNA Synodical Committee Report on the Federal Vision and Justification
- The URCNA Reject Final Justification Through Works (2004)
- The URCNA’s Nine Points of Pastoral Advice on the Federal Vision
- The PCA Report on the Federal Vision and New Perspective on Paul
- The Report of OPC Study Committee on Justification
- The RCUS Study Committee Report on the Federal Vision’s Doctrine of Justification
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Rejects The Federal Vision
- RPCNA Rejects the Federal Vision Theology
2. Seminary Statements on the Federal Vision Theology
3. Books and Booklets
- R. Scott Clark, Baptism, Election, and the Covenant of Grace
- R. Scott Clark, ed., Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry
- Guy Prentiss Waters, The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology
- Dewey Roberts, Historic Christianity and the Federal Vision
- Jeong Koo Jeon, Calvin and the Federal Vision
- Calvin Beisner, ed. The Auburn Avenue Theology Pros & Cons Debating the Federal Vision
- Jeong Koo Jeon, Covenant Theology and Justification by Faith: The Shepherd Controversy and Its Impacts
- Gary Johnson and Guy Waters, ed. By Faith Alone: Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification
- Guy Waters and Ligon Duncan, ed. Children and the Lord’s Supper
- Cornelis Venema, Children at the Lord’s Table
- O. Palmer Robertson, The Current Justification Controversy
- Cornelis Venema, Getting the Gospel Right
- Cornelis Venema, The Gospel of Free Acceptance in Christ
4.Essays
- For Those Just Tuning In? What Is The Federal Vision?
- Just In Time For Reformation Day: The Return Of The Federal Visionists (And Their Allies)
- Explanation of the URCs Nine Points Against the Federal Vision
- Forty Three Years of Federal Vision Theology
- Resources on Norman Shepherd
- One of the Roots of the Current Controversy Over Salvation Sola Fide
- Resources on the Controversy Over “Final Salvation Through Works”
- Baptism and the Benefits of Christ: The Double Mode of Communion
- Baptists and Federal Visionists Together?
- Children at the Lord’s Table? A Review
- Rick Phillips, On the Covenant Confusion of the Federal Vision Theology
- David VanDrunen: Justification By Faith in the Theology of Norman Shepherd
- Sinclair Ferguson: Critique of Norman Shepherd’s The Covenant Context for Evangelism
- David VanDrunen, “Justification: What the Debate is All About“
- Why Is Anyone Still Talking About The Federal Vision?
- Biblicists and Federal Visionists Together
- Chris Gordon, A Member of the Synod of Dort Replies to the Federal Vision
- Chris Gordon, Dort Replies to the Federal Vision (pt 2)
- For Elders Thinking Of Inviting Arminius Into the Pulpit
- The Arminius Paradigm
- A Form For Penitent Ex-Federal Visionaries
- Was Herman Witsius A Federal Visionist?
- Shane Lems, Baptism Is Not Faith
- Theonomy and Federal Vision: Separated At Birth?
- Reformed and Quasi-Reformed Revisionism
- Salvation Sola Gratia, Sola Fide: On Distinguishing Is, With, And Through
- Does Covenant Theology Change Our Doctrine of Predestination?
- Resources On A Covenantal Approach to the Christian Life (in Distinction from the Federal Vision)
- There Is Only One Stage of Justification
- Will We Be Finally Saved Through Faith Alone?
- We Attain Heaven Through Faith Alone
- Does Baptism Save?
- Should I Buy It? (2)
- Has Doug Wilson Really Changed His Mind About The Federal Vision?
- A Response To Rachel Held Evans Regarding Wilson And The Definition Of “Reformed”
- Justification and Vindication
- What Henk Navis Means To Me
- A Serious, Treatable Cancer
- The Moralists Will Be Back
- In By Grace, Stay in By Faithfulness? (1)
- In By Grace, Stay in By Faithfulness? (2)
- In By Grace, Stay in By Faithfulness? (3)
- How Should We View the Warning Passages?
- Maybe They Really Don’t Get It?
- Lane Keister: Wilson Denies Sola Fide
- In John’s Latitudinarian Garage
- Speaking A Foreign Language
- Trent, Sungenis, Shepherd, and the Federal Vision
- W. Robert Godfrey and David VanDrunen: Reply to Garcia
- We May Not Be Able To Move On Yet
- The Moralists’ Catechism
- It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: Keister Refutes Moon
- Contra Leithart: The Reformation Is Not Over
- Romans 2:13—Justified Through Our Faithfulness?
- Bob Mattes: Response to the FV Meltdown
- Surrounded By Constantinians
- A Brief History of Covenant Theology
- Richard Baxter on Initial and Final Justification
- J. V. Fesko’s Review of Wilson’s Reformed Is Not Enough
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (1)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (2)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (3)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (4)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (5)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (6)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (7)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (8)
- Doug Wilson and the Federal Division (9)
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (1): the Preface
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (2): Trinity & Postmillennialism
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (3): Christians in Society
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (4): On Scripture
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (5): Hermeneutics
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (6): Decrees & Covenant
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (7): The Church
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (8): Justification and Covenant
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (9): Bride’s Baptism Revisited
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (10): Lord’s Supper and Imputation
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (11): Law and Gospel
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (12): Justification by Faith Alone
- Lane Keister Critiques the Joint Federal Vision Statement (13): Assurance and Apostasy
- Lane Keister’s Federal Vision Index
- Michael J. Ericson, “Critique of the Teaching of Barach, Schlissel, Wilkins, and Wilson.” (2003)
5. Lectures, Podcasts, and Interviews
- Mortification of Spin: You Might Be A Federal Visionist If
- Theology Gals on the Federal Vision: A Gospel Issue (1)
- Theology Gals on the Federal Vision: A Gospel Issue (2)
- Heidelcast 134: A Federal Vision Primer
- Heidelcast 131: The Heidelcast Is Back And So Is The Federal Vision
- Nine Talks on the Nine Points Against the Federal Vision
- Office Hours: Guy Waters on the Federal Vision
- Heidelcast 3a: A Gentle Rebuke to Brother John (UPDATED)
- Heidelcast 25: With Lane Keister On The Federal Vision In The PCA
- Heidelcast 26: With Lane Keister On The Federal Vision (2)
- Heidelcast 27: With Lane Keister on the Federal Vision (3): Imputation
- Heidelcast 28 With Lane Keister: Does The Federal Vision Theology Lead To Rome?
- Heidelcast 53: The Story of the Meyers Case (1)
- Heidelcast 54: The Story of the Meyers Case (2)
- Heidelcast 55: Why We Can’t Move On (1)
- Heidelcast 56: Why We Can’t Move On (2)
- Heidelcast 57: Why We Can’t Move On (3)
- With the Presbycast on the Federal Vision
- With the Regular Reformed Guys on the Federal Vision
- With Echo Zoe on the Federal Vision
- With Covenant Radio on the Federal Vision and Recovering the Reformed Confession
- With Megiddo Radio On the Current Justification Controversy
- See It For Yourself: Piper on Wilson and the Federal Vision
- Adam Kuehner On Doug Wilson
6. Quotations
- Initial Justification Sola Fide And Final Salvation Through Faithfulness Is Federal Vision Theology
- Vos Spotted Aspects Of Federal Vision Theology In Pareus And Davenant
- Postmillennial Constantinianism Drives the Federal Vision
- Leithart’s Federal Vision Theology Injurious To the Peace and Purity of the Church
- The Federal Vision Confession on Baptismal Union with Christ and Apostasy
- Phillips: The Distinction Must Be Maintained
- Arminius’ Claims About The Belgic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism On Predestination
- Leithart: Apostasy Happens
- The Social Crisis is Too Great to Be Arguing About… (Updated)
- When the Salesman Gets His Foot in the Door
- When Pastors Don’t Pay Attention
- A Ruling Elder Pleads on Behalf of the Flock
- The Federal Vision Theology Is A Denial of the Biblical Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints
7. FV Events and History
- The Federal Vision Spreads to Central Europe
- Another Federal Visionist Popes
- Greg Looked Behind the Curtain and You Should Too
- Proposed By SJC: Indict Leithart
- Now This Is The Way It’s Done
- Louisiana Presbytery (PCA) Contra the FV
- PCA Committee Overturns Pacific Northwest Presbytery: Indict Leithart
- The Struggle Against the Federal Vision in the PCA
- The Leithart Verdict Is Not Good News For Orthodoxy
- A Joint Federal Vision Profession (2007)
- Update on the URC FV Study Committee
- URC Study Committee Rejects FV
- The URCNA Justification Report Stands
- It Takes One to Know One
- Something Weird in the Siouxlands Presbytery
- Auburn Ave PCA to the CREC
- The Cost of Doing Nothing at Synod 2010
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